Food and beverage companies with a higher percentage of their sales
coming from better-for-you foods and beverages perform better
financially, according to a new report from the Hudson Institute.
Fair Oaks Dairy Products issued a voluntary
recall of blue cheese produced under the Fair Oaks Royal Blue Cheese
label because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria
monocytogenes.
Kroger recalls select containers of Private
Selection Extreme Moose Tracks ice cream sold in 16-ounce pints with a
"sell by" date of June 18, 2012 under the following UPC Code: 11110
52909 because it may contain peanuts not listed on the ingredients
label.
The ninth annual World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest auction raised $39,160.00. The contest was sponsored by the Wisconsin Dairy Products Association.
Cheddar Cheese prices received for US 40 pound blocks averaged $1.76 per pound for the week ending October 1, 2011, a decrease of 4.2 cents from the previous week. Butter prices also dropped, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The National Cheese Institute is now accepting nominations for its
highest honor, the NCI Laureate Award, which will be handed out at a special ceremony during Dairy Forum 2012.
Friendly Ice Cream Corp., the Wilbraham, Mass., operator of Friendly's
restaurants and a nationwide distributor of ice cream products, and its
subsidiaries filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the United
States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
District of Delaware.
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